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fat       [fat] Pronunciation Key adjective, fat·ter, fat·test, noun, verb, fat·ted, fat·ting.
–adjective
1.having too much flabby tissue; corpulent; obese: a fat person.
2.plump; well-fed: a good, fat chicken.
3.consisting of or containing fat; greasy; oily: fat gravy; fat meat.
4.profitable, as an office: a fat job on the city commission.
5.affording good opportunities, esp. for gain: a fat business contract.
6.wealthy; prosperous; rich: He grew fat on dishonest profits.
7.big, broad, or extended; thick: a fat sheaf of bills.
8.plentiful; abundant: a fat supply of food.
9.plentifully supplied: a fat larder; a fat feast.
10.dull; stupid: fat clumsiness of manner.
11.abounding in a particular element: Fat pine is rich in resin.
12.(of paint) having more oil than pigment. Compare lean2 (def. 6).
13.(of coal) highly bituminous; rich in volatile hydrocarbons.
14.Ceramics. long1 (def. 25).
15.fertile, as land: Everything grows in this fat soil.
–noun
16.any of several white or yellowish greasy substances, forming the chief part of adipose tissue of animals and also occurring in plants, that when pure are colorless, odorless, and tasteless and are either solid or liquid esters of glycerol with fatty acids; fats are insoluble in water or cold alcohol but soluble in ether, chloroform, or benzene: used in the manufacture of soap, paints, and other protective coatings and in cooking.
17.animal tissue containing much of this substance; loose flesh; flabbiness: to have rolls of fat around one's waist.
18.the richest or best part of anything.
19.obesity; corpulence: In his later years, he inclined to fat.
20.Slang. especially profitable or advantageous work.
21.an overabundance or excess; superfluity.
22.action or lines in a dramatic part that permit an actor to display abilities.
23.Also, phat. Also called lift. Typesetting. matter that can be composed easily and profitably, esp. from standing type, illustrations, or the like: fat work. Compare lean2 (def. 11).
–verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
24.to make or become fat.
—Idioms
25.a fat chance, Slang. a very slight chance; small probability: A fat chance he has of winning the title!
26.a fat lot, Slang. little or not at all: A fat lot they care about anyone else's troubles!
27.chew the fat. chew (def. 11).
28.the fat is in the fire,
a.an irrevocable action or chain of events has been started; the die is cast: Now that they have been given an ultimatum, the fat is in the fire.
b.the decision, whether good or bad, has been made.
c.the crisis is imminent.
29.the fat of the land, the best or richest of anything obtainable: to live on the fat of the land.
[Origin: bef. 1000; ME; OE fǣtt, orig. ptp. of fǣtan to cram, load, adorn; c. Goth fétjan to adorn; akin to vat]

—Related forms
fatless, adjective
fatlike, adjective

—Synonyms 1. portly, adipose, pudgy. See stout. 3. unctuous, fatty. 4. lucrative, remunerative. 8. copious. 10. sluggish. 15. rich, fruitful, productive.
—Antonyms 1. thin. 3. lean. 10. clever. 15. sterile, barren.
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fat       (fāt)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
    1. The ester of glycerol and one, two, or three fatty acids.
    2. Any of various soft, solid, or semisolid organic compounds constituting the esters of glycerol and fatty acids and their associated organic groups.
    3. A mixture of such compounds occurring widely in organic tissue, especially in the adipose tissue of animals and in the seeds, nuts, and fruits of plants.
    4. Animal tissue containing such substances.
    5. A solidified animal or vegetable oil.
  2. Obesity; corpulence.
  3. The best or richest part: living off the fat of the land.
  4. Unnecessary excess: "would drain the appropriation's fat without cutting into education's muscle" (New York Times).

adj.   fat·ter, fat·test
  1. Having much or too much fat or flesh; plump or obese.
  2. Full of fat or oil; greasy.
  3. Abounding in desirable elements.
  4. Fertile or productive; rich: "It was a fine, green, fat landscape" (Robert Louis Stevenson).
  5. Having an abundance or amplitude; well-stocked: a fat larder.
    1. Yielding profit or plenty; lucrative or rewarding: a fat promotion.
    2. Prosperous; wealthy: grew fat on illegal profits.
    3. Thick; large: a fat book.
    4. Puffed up; swollen: a fat lip.
    1. Thick; large: a fat book.
    2. Puffed up; swollen: a fat lip.

tr. & intr.v.   fat·ted, fat·ting, fats
To make or become fat; fatten.


[Middle English, from Old English fǣtt, fatted; see peiə- in Indo-European roots.]

fat'ly adv., fat'ness n.
Synonyms: These adjectives mean having an abundance and often an excess of flesh. Fat implies excessive weight and generally has negative connotations: was getting fat and decided to exercise.
Obese and corpulent imply gross overweight: "a woman of robust frame . . . though stout, not obese" (Charlotte Brontë). The dancer was corpulent but surprisingly graceful.
Fleshy implies a not necessarily excessive abundance of flesh: firm, fleshy arms.
Portly refers to bulk combined with a stately or imposing bearing: "a portly, rubicund man of middle age" (Winston Churchill).
Stout denotes a thickset, bulky figure: a painting of stout peasants.
Pudgy means short and fat: pudgy fingers.
Rotund suggests roundness of figure, often in a squat person: "this pink-faced rotund specimen of prosperity" (George Eliot).
Plump and chubby apply to a pleasing fullness of figure: a plump little toddler; chubby cheeks.

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FAT  
abbr.   file allocation table

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file allocation table  
n.   Abbr. FAT
An area on a hard disk or floppy disk where information is stored about the physical location of each piece of every file on the disk and about the location of unusable areas of the disk.

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fat  (adj.)
O.E. fætt, originally a contracted pp. of fættian "to cram, stuff," from P.Gmc. *faitaz "fat" (cf. O.N. feitr, Du. vet, Ger. feist), from PIE *poid- "to abound in water, milk, fat, etc." (cf. Gk. piduein "to gush forth"), from base *poi- "sap, juice" (cf. Skt. payate "swells, exuberates," Lith. pienas "milk," Gk. pion "fat, wealthy," L. pinguis "fat"). Fig. sense of "best or most rewarding part" is from 1570; teen slang meaning "attractive, up to date" (also phat) is attested from 1951. Fat cat "privileged and rich person" is from 1928; fat chance "no chance at all" attested from 1906. Fathead is from 1842; fat-witted is from 1596; fatso is first recorded 1944.

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fat

adjective
1. having an (over)abundance of flesh; "he hadn't remembered how fat she was" [ant: lean] 
2. having a relatively large diameter; "a fat rope" 
3. containing or composed of fat; "fatty food"; "fat tissue" [syn: fatty] [ant: fat-free] 
4. lucrative; "a juicy contract"; "a nice fat job" 
5. marked by great fruitfulness; "fertile farmland"; "a fat land"; "a productive vineyard"; "rich soil" 

noun
1. a soft greasy substance occurring in organic tissue and consisting of a mixture of lipids (mostly triglycerides); "pizza has too much fat" 
2. a kind of body tissue containing stored fat that serves as a source of energy; it also cushions and insulates vital organs; "fatty tissue protected them from the severe cold" [syn: adipose tissue] 
3. excess bodily weight; "she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others" [syn: fatness] [ant: leanness] 

verb
1. make fat or plump; "We will plump out that poor starving child" [syn: fatten] 

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fat

In addition to the idioms beginning with fat, also see chew the fat; kill the fatted calf.


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fat       (fāt)  Pronunciation Key 
Any of a large number of oily compounds that are widely found in plant and animal tissues and serve mainly as a reserve source of energy. In mammals, fat, or adipose tissue, is deposited beneath the skin and around the internal organs, where it also protects and insulates against heat loss. Fat is a necessary, efficient source of energy. An ounce of fat contains more than twice as much stored energy as does an ounce of protein or carbohydrates and is digested more slowly, resulting in the sensation of satiety after eating. It also enhances the taste, aroma, and texture of food. Fats are made chiefly of triglycerides, each molecule of which contains three fatty acids. Dietary fat supplies humans with essential fatty acids, such as linoleic acid and linolenic acid. Fat also regulates cholesterol metabolism and is a precursor of prostaglandins. See more at saturated fat, unsaturated fat.

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FAT
File Allocation Table

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Fat

Fat\, n. [See Vat, n.]

1. A large tub, cistern, or vessel; a vat. [Obs.]

The fats shall overflow with wine and oil. --Joel ii. 24.

2. A measure of quantity, differing for different commodities. [Obs.] --Hebert.

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Fat

Fat\, a. [Compar. Fatter; superl. Fattest.] [AS. f[=ae]tt; akin to D. vet, G. fett, feist, Icel. feitr, Sw. fet, Dan. fed, and perh. to Gr. pi^dax spring, fountain, pidy`ein to gush forth, pi`wn fat, Skr. pi to swell.]

1. Abounding with fat; as: (a) Fleshy; characterized by fatness; plump; corpulent; not lean; as, a fat man; a fat ox. (b) Oily; greasy; unctuous; rich; -- said of food.

2. Exhibiting the qualities of a fat animal; coarse; heavy; gross; dull; stupid.

Making our western wits fat and mean. --Emerson.

Make the heart of this people fat. --Is. vi. 10.

3. Fertile; productive; as, a fat soil; a fat pasture.

4. Rich; producing a large income; desirable; as, a fat benefice; a fat office; a fat job.

Now parson of Troston, a fat living in Suffolk. --Carlyle.

5. Abounding in riches; affluent; fortunate. [Obs.]

Persons grown fat and wealthy by long impostures. --Swift.

6. (Typog.) Of a character which enables the compositor to make large wages; -- said of matter containing blank, cuts, or many leads, etc.; as, a fat take; a fat page.

Fat lute, a mixture of pipe clay and oil for filling joints.

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Fat\, n. 1. (Physiol. Chem.) An oily liquid or greasy substance making up the main bulk of the adipose tissue of animals, and widely distributed in the seeds of plants. See Adipose tissue, under Adipose.

Note: Animal fats are composed mainly of three distinct fats, tristearin, tripalmitin, and triolein, mixed in varying proportions. As olein is liquid at ordinary temperatures, while the other two fats are solid, it follows that the consistency or hardness of fats depends upon the relative proportion of the three individual fats. During the life of an animal, the fat is mainly in a liquid state in the fat cells, owing to the solubility of the two solid fats in the more liquid olein at the body temperature. Chemically, fats are composed of fatty acid, as stearic, palmitic, oleic, etc., united with glyceryl. In butter fat, olein and palmitin predominate, mixed with another fat characteristic of butter, butyrin. In the vegetable kingdom many other fats or glycerides are to be found, as myristin from nutmegs, a glyceride of lauric acid in the fat of the bay tree, etc.

2. The best or richest productions; the best part; as, to live on the fat of the land.

3. (Typog.) Work. containing much blank, or its equivalent, and, therefore, profitable to the compositor.

Fat acid. (Chem.) See Sebacic acid, under Sebacic.

Fat series, Fatty series (Chem.), the series of the paraffine hydrocarbons and their derivatives; the marsh gas or methane series.

Natural fats (Chem.), the group of oily substances of natural occurrence, as butter, lard, tallow, etc., as distinguished from certain fatlike substance of artificial production, as paraffin. Most natural fats are essentially mixtures of triglycerides of fatty acids.

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Fat

Fat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fatted; p. pr. & vb. n. atting.] [OE. fatten, AS. f[=ae]ttian. See Fat, a., and cf. Fatten.] To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.

We fat all creatures else to fat us. --Shak.

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Fat\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fatted; p. pr. & vb. n. atting.] [OE. fatten, AS. f[=ae]ttian. See Fat, a., and cf. Fatten.] To make fat; to fatten; to make plump and fleshy with abundant food; as, to fat fowls or sheep.

We fat all creatures else to fat us. --Shak.

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FAT
  1. file allocation table
  2. Fresno Yosemite International Airport

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